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Gay couple who married in US cheered by 200 banquet guests in Malaysia

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

A pastor who married gay boyfriend music producer in New
York last year has fulfilled the promise to hold a wedding reception in his
native Malaysia in what they believe is the first event of its kind in the
Muslim-majority country.

Born in Malaysia NGEO Boon Lin and African-American husband
Phineas Newborn III, took the silence closed the reception Saturday - with
kisses and public karaoke performances of ballads - with about 200 guests,
including a handful of journalists in Chinese that asked not to report on the
case until later.

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 and released
by Ngeo Boon Lin, Malaysian-born Ngeo Boon Lin, right, and his American partner
Phineas Newborn III kiss during their wedding banquet in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Gay pastor Ngeo who married his musical producer boyfriend Newborn
III in New York last year has fulfilled a vow to hold a wedding banquet in his
native Malaysia. The couple believes that Saturdayâ€™s reception was the first
such event in the Muslim-majority country. (AP Photo/Ngeo Boon Lin) EDITORIAL
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The couple risked the wrath of a government that has banned
a gay arts festival, a politician persecuted for sodomy and declared that
homosexuality has no place in Malaysian society.

"We are grateful to Malaysia to make history
here," said the newborn.

NGEO, pastor of Chinese origin who has lived mainly in the
United States since 1998, attracted criticism from Malaysian officials and
religious groups when she married newborn, a Broadway musical producer, last
August.

Although NGEO is identified as a Christian minister for
Islamic affairs Malaysian Cabinet expressed concern at the time of their
marriage could promote "extremism" among the 28 million people in
Malaysia, including ethnic Malay Muslims, who comprise nearly two thirds of the
population. A newspaper owned by the ruling party urged the authorities to
avoid NGEO the performance of any wedding celebration in Malaysia.

But this summer, the couple, both 40, believe that enough
time had passed so they can travel to Malaysia for a few days without fanfare and
invite NGEO mother, friends, former colleagues and classmates for a party
Traditional wedding china.

"It is my right to celebrate my joy with people I care
about," he told The Associated Press NGEO. "The government can make
noise, religious conservatives can make noise, but they are not welcome
here."

The Malaysian government had no immediate reaction to news
of Saturday's event.

Banquet guests to their seats introduced in a Chinese
restaurant in Kuala Lumpur had found small, heart-shaped chocolates wrapped in
Chinese indicates that resulted in "God loves gays."

Two guests sang each other with Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
duet "Endless Love", while a transgender artist tearfully praised
NGEO and Newborn to remind everyone that "sexual orientation only:
love."

One guest, Eric Goh, Malaysian Gay said "the need to
leave in larger numbers and we need straight people to support us."

NGEO made his way back to Malaysia, a month after Prime
Minister Najib Razak said in a speech in which homosexual behavior, lesbian and
transsexual was part of a "deviant culture" should "has no place
in this country. "

Najib made a statement reiterating the government's stance
and trigger new concerns. But for gay Malaysians, especially Muslims, however,
meant that the door to the public for self-expression remained slammed shut.

Most Malaysians live gay live free from harassment from the
authorities, and a law establishing 20 years in prison for sodomy, even
consensual, is rarely applied. The most prominent person charged under the law
was Anwar Ibrahim, opposition leader acquitted this year of sodomizing a former
male assistant in what he said was a politically motivated case.

"I understand the sensitivities. I'm not asking for gay
marriage being allowed in Malaysia now," said NGEO, adding that his advice
to gay Malaysian was "go ahead and be creative."